Meanings
comparative more swollen · superlative most swollen
- Protuberant or abnormally distended (as by injury or disease).
swollen knee
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swollen ankle
swollen salaries
swollen thumb
A 21-year-old woman who was with him was also detained but later released. Witnesses told Ta Nea daily newspaper that she had a bloodied and swollen face.
2026 September 20, Hafsa Khalifa, “Man, 82, dies after beach fight with 76-year-old over sunlounger in Greece”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 20 Sep 2026, retrieved 21 Sep 2026Synonyms: jutting, protuberant, extuberant, tumid, bulging, exserted, extuberant, jutting
- participlepastpast participle of swell
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveProtuberant or abnormally distended (as by injury or disease).
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivecharacteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance
adjectiveabnormally distended especially by fluids or gas
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Germanic*swellaną“to swell”
- Proto-Germanic*swullanaz
- Old Englishswollen
- Middle Englishswollen
- Englishswollen
From Middle English swollen, i-swolle, y-swolle, yswolle, ȝeswollen, from Old English swollen, ġeswollen, from Proto-Germanic *swullanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *swellaną (“to swell”). Cognate with West Frisian swollen (“swollen”), Dutch gezwollen (“swollen”), German geschwollen (“swollen”), Swedish svullen (“swollen”).
More words from Middle English, Old English, Proto-Germanic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مُنْتَفِخ, مُتَوَرِّم
- مُنْتَفِخ (muntafiḵ)distended
- مُتَوَرِّم (mutawarrim)distended
Bulgarian изду́т
- изду́т (izdút)distended
Chinese Mandarin 腫 /肿, 腫脹的 /肿胀的
- 腫 /肿 (zhǒng)distended
- 腫脹的 /肿胀的 (zhǒngzhàng de)distended
- 膨脹的 /膨胀的 (péngzhàng de)distended
Czech opuchlý, zduřelý
- opuchlýdistended
- zduřelýdistended
- nabobtnalýdistended
- nateklýdistended
- vzedmutýdistended
- dmoucí sedistended
Esperanto ŝvela, ŝveligita
- ŝveladistended
- ŝveligitadistended
Finnish ajettunut, turvonnut
- ajettunutdistended
- turvonnutdistended
- paisunutdistended
French enflé, gonflé
- enflédistended
- gonflédistended
German angeschwollen, geschwollen
- angeschwollendistended
- geschwollendistended
Greek πρησμένος, φουσκωμένος
- πρησμένος (prisménos)distended
- φουσκωμένος (fouskoménos)distended
Japanese 腫れた, 盛り上がった
- 腫れた (hareta)distended
- 盛り上がった (moriagatta)distended
Korean 부푼, 부은
- 부푼 (bupun)distended
- 부은 (bueun)distended
Latin turgidus, tumidus
- turgidusdistended
- tumidusdistended
- aemidusdistended
- praetumidusdistended
Māori matakoma, tetere
- matakomadistended
- teteredistended
- uruurudistended
- uruumudistended
Norwegian Bokmål svullen, oppblåst
- svullendistended
- oppblåstdistended
Polish spuchnięty
- spuchniętydistended
Portuguese inchado
- inchadodistended
Russian опу́хший, взду́тый
- опу́хший (opúxšij)distended
- взду́тый (vzdútyj)distended
- набу́хший (nabúxšij)distended
- отёкший (otjókšij)distended
- опу́хлый (opúxlyj)distended
Slovak opuchnutý
- opuchnutýdistended
Swedish svullen, uppsvullen
- svullendistended
- uppsvullendistended
Ukrainian опу́хлий
- опу́хлий (opúxlyj)distended
Yiddish געשוואָלן
- געשוואָלן (geshvoln)distended
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with swollen
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swollen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swollen
“swollen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swollen. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “swollen,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swollen.
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